[va-richmond-general] Bufflehead information request

From: Lesley P Bulluck/FS/VCU <lpbulluck@xxxxxxx>
To: Richmond Birders <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:19:10 -0400

Hello Richmond birders,

I am an ornithology professor at VCU and have two ornithology 
undergraduates who conducted a study on bufflehead foraging behavior at 
the Huguenot bridge last spring (Feb - March) and found some interesting 
preliminary results.  They would like to continue their study this year 
and (1) start earlier and (2) possibly expand to looking at more than one 
site.  They will need to reliably observe the birds foraging ~2 days a 
week.

My questions for you all are
(1) When do bufflehead typically return to the area?  I did a search on 
the archive and found a few posts with BUFF sightings in November, but I 
wonder if they arrive even sooner.
(2) What other areas besides the Huguenot bridge reliably have bufflehead 
all winter?  I have seen them on the west end of Belle Isle, but I do not 
visit there regularly enough to know if they are always there.


Thanks for any help you can provide!

Lesley

Lesley Bulluck
Department of Biology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Trani Life Sciences Building, 028
Richmond, VA 23284
email: lpbulluck@xxxxxxx

[va-richmond-general] Bufflehead information request

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